Back injury forces Thiago Silva off UFC 117 card
by Jeff Jones on July 27, 2010

Thiago Silva will not be fighting Tim Boetsch at UFC 117. A back injury to the light-heavyweight has forced him to withdraw from their scheduled bout. MMAWeekly.com confirmed the news from sources close to the situation.

Silva (14-2, 5-2 UFC) was hoping to bounce back from his last fight in January which resulted in a decision loss to Rashad Evans. Silva started his UFC career off with consecutive victories over Tomasz Drwal, Houston Alexander and Antonio Mendes. His first defeat came at the hands of fellow Brazilian Lyoto Machida by way of knockout at UFC 94. Silva bounced back with a KO win over Keith Jardine before falling to Evans at UFC 108.

Boetsch (11-3, 2-2 UFC) is in his second tour with the UFC. "The Barbarian" is on a three-fight win streak outside of the promotion, giving him another opportunity to compete on the big stage.

A replacement for Silva has yet to be determined.

 |  (9) Comments Legend of Lee Murray: He should go up against Jardine again....oh wait the UFC cut that ready to scrap Viking! Bring Jardine back to bang with Silva! xdusty: sucks that thiago is kinda falling off and is now injured. seems like the 205 has really gone down hill from a few years ago. hope he gets back into good form. Masternate: the guy they replaced him with tho is no joke illegalpoke: Well, this pissed me off. *head jukes*
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Alves def. Kampmann via TKO/KO
Alves def. Kampmann via submission
Alves def. Kampmann via decision
Kampmann def. Alves via TKO/KO
Kampmann def. Alves via submission
Kampmann def. Alves via decision
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